Do you know what I find most appalling? That so many adults in an an indistrialized nation that injures and kills many more children and teens than any other, and more than many in the developing world, with many being intentional, and most being classified as "accidents," are this worried about parental rights. The adults of the U.S. have no right whatsoever to complain about parental rights.

When it comes to the parent-child relationship, the rights are on the part of the child and the obligations on the part of the parent. If one wants one's children to approach him, he must EARN their trust, and if they did not, they had better find a way.
You could risk their health, their life, and even if they are not harmed, even if most women are not harmed, a law will not make your children trust you.

And considering the fact that those who commit crimes do everything in their power to avoid detection and penalty, we will never know how many women were really harmed. After all, in the dadys before Roe, it was not at all uncommon for women to receive abortions under the guise of other medical procedures in hospitals, if said woman was lucky enough to find a sympathetic practitioner.

This is sad, just recently I watched the Minors and Abortion debate on C-Span and I have say, I was very disgusted with what I heard. These right wing politicians are turning this into some kind of moral debate about wether teenage girls should be having sex in the first place. These people do not care about the well being of young teenage girls, all they care about is punishing them and the people who help them.

I just got my update about how this atrocious excuse of a bill passed and is now law. It breaks my heart, and I am having trouble breathing now.

Damn the supporters of this bill! Damn them all!

Then again, maybe there is some good to come of this. It is said that when society does not protect children, society will eventually have to protect themselves from them.

And many more have noted that God knows every person's heart. When it is time for them to answer for their actions, they will not be smiled upon. And the meek shall inherit the earth.

I do not consider myself Christian, but there are many redeeming qualities, as well as negative ones. There IS a religious left.